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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.    Not looking for a back door really.   Just doubt a 17 year old really knows what he wants.   Seems the A and S school would give a well rounded education, and the engineering school would give him a chance to be an engineer.    They teach CS in high school, but not much engineering, so kid not familiar with it.

At VT, CS is only in engineer school, and if he is weeded out (which I hear so much about), what major would he switch to at VT?[/quote]

I'm the PP who has a CS degree from UVa.  CS is in the Engineering school there as well. Again - when I went there - you had to have a 2.0 to transfer OUT - so if you really washed up you were out of luck.  Again check.

My one friend who did the CS minor while still in the Arts & Science school - did just as much programming as I did.  I have other friends who were in MIS in the Commerce school who are still techies today.  CS is very different then other Engineering majors.  When I hire programmers - I don't really care that much about the exact program - I want to see if they can code!    My point being - I don't think your child needs to apply to the E-School at Virginia - could still get a great education and all the programming knowledge without.  Unless he wants to be hard core programmer - like the folks who create operating systems :)

Also...you apply for the Comm School (undergrad business) there for 3rd year so they would have some time to ponder different options.[/quote]

This is interesting stuff. Thank you very much for posting this. It's nice to know that there are a few good routes to take.[/quote]

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